YOUNG ACHIEVER: The voice and face of Hemet High

YOUNG ACHIEVER

Sofia Vivanco

AGE: 17

RESIDENCE: Hemet

NOTABLE: As the face and voice of Hemet High School, she presents daily bulletins to her fellow students.

When Sofia Vivanco watched Hemet High School’s daily bulletins she was intrigued – not just with the content but with the process that resulted in the video broadcast. After an invitation was posted to sign up for multimedia classes, she eagerly enrolled for the following year.

“I remember my sophomore year; it was the very first year that they did a video bulletin,” said Vivanco, now a senior. “I loved watching it and at the end of the year it talked about signing up to be in that class and so I wanted to join immediately. Also, Mr. (John) Hill was my sister’s favorite teacher and I knew he taught the class.”

“I make promotional videos for events that happen around school. I make sports minutes which updates the school about sporting events and I upload the bulletin onto the website for our school and others outside of school to see,” she said.

Vivanco was recently Hemet High School’s choice for the Hemet/San Jacinto Unified School Districts’ Student of the Month program.

“When I was nominated I was very humbled but honored and talking about it with Mr. Hill made me very excited for the event and it was an overall great opportunity,” said Vivanco, 17.

During her acceptance speech she mentioned that “nothing in life comes easy” and that she has had to work hard. She was mainly referring to the active role she takes in sports, having played volleyball since she was in fourth or fifth grade.

“I’ve played many positions in the past, but for high school, I’m a setter,” she said. “I used to play softball, soccer, basketball and even hockey, but now I only play volleyball.”

Surprisingly, it was not her connection to sports that led her to broadcasting the updates.

“I love talking about sports so I’d do it with or without the broadcasts,” she said.

Vivanco shares sports update duties with Camyrn Price and the multimedia classmates post everything to the website. They are working on recording items for a senior video they will edit.

“We went out and interviewed random students about ‘senioritis’ and how they are coping with it. We just want the video to contain stuff that they can reflect back on when it airs at the end of the year,” Vivanco said. “I like interviewing students best but after editing all the videos and then seeing the final product when it’s all finished is really fun.”

Her dream job is to become a teacher and mentor young girls.

“I’d really love to be a high school math teacher but if that doesn’t work out then I’m going for elementary,” she said.

Vivanco said her experience in multimedia has helped with her career goals.

“I have gained a lot of speaking-in-public confidence and a lot of patience when working with others and I think I’ve become a leader in this class,” she said.

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